Shipping and display box



July 14, 1942.

w. G. ANDERSON, JR 2,289,619 SHIPPING AND DISPLAY BOX I Original Filed April 26, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l \nvmlm I Wilbur G. Andersongg V Amma J y 1942- w. G. ANDERSON, JR 2,289,619

SHIPPING AND DISPLAY BOX Original Filed April 26, 1939 2 Shets-Sheet 2 Patented July 14, 1942 assignor to American Box Board Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., a corporation of Michigan.

Original application April 26, 1939, Serial No. 270,058. Divided and this application April 30,

1941, Serial No. 391,110 I '4. Claims. (01.206-65) This invention relates to a shipping anddisplay box and more particularly to the packaging thereof for shipment. I have heretofore filed an application, Ser. No. 270,058 on April 26, 1939,

of which .the present application i a division.

This invention is directed to a novel construcjtion andmeans forproviding, a. shipping package wherein a display stand and merchandise holder and carrier, preferably made of paper boardstock and whichis utilized for holding and displaying golf clubs or other articles, is placed within a packaging container or receptacle with the golf clubs or other articles of merchandise therein, whereby on reaching the destination a removal of the container or receptacle for the stand leaves such display stand with the golf clubs therein ready for immediate display.

The display stand and merchandise holder itself is of a novel construction disclosed and claimed in my earlier application, of which this is a division. The present invention is directed to the novel shipping package which includes the display stand and golf clubs or other merchandise carried therein with various novel means and devices used to engage the heads of the golf clubs and hold them securely within the shipping container or carton. It is of course to be understood while the invention specifically disclosed is directed to the shipment and display of golf clubs it is not necessarily limited in use thereto.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the display stand as it is used in exhibiting and displaying golf clubs and which is to be enclosed within a shipping carton.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through a shipping carton or receptacle in which a display stand and clubs are enclosed for shipment, the stand being shown in side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a section and elevation through the package, the view being taken from the right of Fig. 2 with the front side of the shipping carton removed, and

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing retaining and packing members which areused in conjunction with the display stand in providing the shipping package.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The display stand shown in Fig. 1 has an elongated rectangular bottom I at each side of which is a side rail 2 and at the upper end a cross rail 3, said rails together with the foot member 4 at the lower end of the stand surrounding a recess in which the clubs are to be placed. The specific structure of. the hollow side and cross rails and of the foot member 4 need not be entered into in this application, it being fully disclosed in my previously filed application; and so far as the present invention is concerned it is not to belimited in any respect to any specific manner or method of producing the stand.

Between the side rails 2, at spaced apart intervals in the vertical length of the stand, slotted or notched cross bars 5 are secured as shown for the reception of the shanks B of golf clubs, the heads I of which may be alternatively located immediately below the upper cross rail 3 and rest in recesses at the upper side of foot member 4 of the stand as shown in Fig. 1. The foot member 4 extends forwardly from the remainder or body of the stand and the heads 1 of the clubs project forwardly beyond the plane of the outer faces of the side rails 2 and cross rail 3.

Two retaining and packing members are provided, one shown in Fig. 4 and the other in Fig. 5. The first one shown in Fig. 4 is made from a single piece of paper stock material shaped at one end into a rectangular tube 8 from a side of which the material is continued in a narrowed section 9, which is then formed into a second tubular form I!) of triangular cross section. This filling member is located at the upper end of the display stand, the tubular portion 8 lying directly over the upper cross bar 3 and having a length equal to the width of the display stand. The narrow section 9 and the length of the triangular tube [0 are slightly less than the distance between the inner side rails 2. The club heads I which are at the upper end of the stand come between the parts 8 and I!) as shown in Fig. 2 and are firmly and snugly engaged thereby.

For use at the lower end of the stand a tubular member II is made of paper stock, the cross section being of a trapezoidal form and. with an inclined side to engage the upper sides of the club heads 1 at the lower end of the stand. A rectangular band having an upper side [2, a lower side l3 and spaced connecting ends l4 passes around the part II and the foot member 4 thus holding the inclined side of said member ll against the under side of the lower heads of the clubs as shown in Fig. 2'.

The shipping stand with the filling and holding accessories is insertible into a carton I5 having open ends having flaps Hi to close the ends and which are sealed in closing position after the stand with the merchandise thereon and with the filling and holding members engaged therewith have been placed within the carton.

This novel construction of shipping package has been utilized extensively in practice and has proven to be of a desirable and meritorious character.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

I claim:

1. A shipping package for elongated objects having enlarged heads including, an elongated display container having a base at one end projecting generally at right angles therefrom, elongated objects having enlarged heads carried by said display container with the lower sides of the heads thereof resting upon the base, a shipping carton surrounding said display container and the objects therein, and a packing member provided with an inclined side engaging against the upper sides of said heads of the objects and located over said base and surrounded by a continuous open band which passes around its upper side, its ends, and around the bottom and sides of said base, said packing member bearing against the display container above the base and extending forwardly therefrom and bearing against the adjacent inner side of the shipping container.

2. A construction containing the elements in combination defined in claim 1, said packing member being formed of light paper board in a hollow tubular form, whereby the heads in their engagement against the inclined side thereof may yieldingly press said side of the packing member away from its normal position.

3. A shipping package for elongated objects having enlarged heads including, a display container, elongated objects within the container having enlarged heads which extend forward from the front side of the container, a shipping carton surrounding said display container and the objects therein, and a packing member comprising two spaced tubular elements with means connecting them at their outer sides between which the projecting enlarged heads of said elongated objects are received and held, said packing member acting as a spacer between the display container and an inner side of the surrounding carton.

4. A construction containing the elements in combination defined in claim 3, said packing member being formed of light paper board whereby the hollow tubular portions thereof engaging against opposite sides of said heads of the objects are capable of a limited yielding.

WILBUR G. ANDERSON, JR. 

